Book Description

In the early stages of its employment, architects approached computer technology as an assistance technique that would enhance architectural practice. The scope of this engagement was captured in the phrase ‘computer-aided architectural design’. In the four decades since that time, the role of computer technology in architecture has gained a marked significance and led to a different approach to physical production/construction. The scope has now been extended for architects to contemplate ‘totally digital architecture design/construction’.

Digital Architecture is a particularly dynamic field that is developing through the work of architectural schools, architects, software developers, researchers, technology, users, and society alike.

Featuring papers from the First International Conference on Digital Architecture, this book will be of interest to professional and academic architects involved in the creation of new architectural forms, as well as those colleagues working in the development of new computer codes of engineers, including those working in structural, environmental, aerodynamic fields and others actively supporting advances in digital architecture.

Book Contents

Which new semantic for new shapes?
B. Colajanni; G. Pellitteri; S. Concialdi;

Fluid (in)form and the encoding of space
J. Maze; M. McGlothlin; K. Tanzer;

SpaceCustomiser: InterActive
H. Bier; K. de Bodt; J. Galle;

A discussion of the term digital tectonics
I. K. Andersson; P. H. Kirkegaard;

Form follows idea: ideation and CADCAM
L. Barrow;

Formal complexity in Digital Architecture
S. Hatzellis;

Methods for investigating architecture: from the physical to the digital
D. Porter; R. Hanna;

Global design practice: IT-based collaboration in AEC-projects
T. Schroepfer;

Acquisition of designable space for planar steel frames
M. Yamanari; H. Tanaka;

The study of design problem in design thinking
Y.-c. Chiang;

PerFORMance: integrating structural feedback into design processes for complex form-active surfaces
T. Al-Haddad; T. R. Gentry;

Practically digital
D. Briscoe;

The Virtual School of Architecture and Design
M. C. G. O. Holland;

Operative representation and the digital
G. Perin;

Infoarchitecture
D. G. Papi;

Understanding qualitative drivers in distance collaboration for architectural services
B. Gardiner; P. Tombesi; B. Dave; P. Scriver;

Narrative and the space of digital architecture: implementing interdisciplinary storytelling in the design of interactive digital space
J. Maze;

Using personal service assistant for direct manipulation in smart space
J. Y. Chen; T. Jeng;

On the integration of digital design and analysis tools
J. Klitgaard; P. H. Kirkegaard; M. Mullins;

Evaluation of the urban regulations by three-dimensional modelling: the district of Providencia in Santiago, Chile
D. Wurman; H. Torrent;

Photogrammetry and 3D city modelling
Y. Kobayashi;

Ready, aim, fire: legitimizing the gaming environment
M. McGlothlin;

Comparative navigation system for collaborative architectural design
S. Oh; W. Yeo;

Re-thinking digital design
R. Oxman;

Construction of an electronic place by students and what they might be learning
J. Cockeram;

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